Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.